We'd heard that Marvel Studios were going in a completely new direction with IRON MAN 3, but in all honesty we never predicted anything like this. As wonderful as it looks, the Stark contrast in tone to everything that precedes it is quite shocking. The Tony that wise-cracked his way through an alien invasion looks long gone in Shane Black's threequel. Never thought I'd ever feel sorry for a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist, but Tony really looks like he's in for a really shitty time. Very interested to see where this goes...

Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley, Iron Man 3 is directed by Shane Black from a screenplay by Drew Pearce and Shane Black and is based on Marvel’s iconic Super Hero Iron Man, who first appeared on the pages of Tales of Suspense (#39) in 1963 and had his solo comic book debut with The Invincible Iron Man (#1) in May of 1968.

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